TY  - JOUR
AU  - Semenov, A. D.
AU  - Gousev, Y. P.
AU  - Nebosis, R. S.
AU  - Renk, K. F.
AU  - Yagoubov, P.
AU  - Voronov, B. M.
AU  - Gol’tsman, G. N.
AU  - Syomash, V. D.
AU  - Gershenzon, E. M.
PY  - 1996
DA  - 1996//
TI  - Heterodyne detection of THz radiation with a superconducting hot‐electron bolometer mixer
T2  - Appl. Phys. Lett.
JO  - Appl. Phys. Lett.
SP  - 260
EP  - 262
VL  - 69
IS  - 2
KW  - NbN HEB mixers
AB  - We report on the use of a superconducting hot‐electron bolometer mixer for heterodyne detection of terahertz radiation. Radiation with a wavelength of 119 μm was coupled to the mixer, a NbN microbridge, by a hybrid quasioptical antenna consisting of an extended hyperhemispherical lens and a planar logarithmic spiral antenna. We found, at an intermediate frequency of 1.5 GHz, a system double side band noise temperature of ≊40 000 K and conversion losses of 25 dB. We also discuss the possibilities of further improvement of the mixer performance.
SN  - 0003-6951
UR  - http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.117943
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.117943
DO  - 10.1063/1.117943
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ID  - Semenov_etal1996
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